KEOLADEO GHANA NATIONAL PARK/BHARATPUR
INDIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 277 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 277 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 7 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| 2 | /Bar-headed Goose/ | Anser indicus | |
| 3 | /Graylag Goose/ | Anser anser | |
| 4 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 5 | /Ruddy Shelduck/ | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 6 | Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| 7 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 8 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 9 | /Gadwall/ | Mareca strepera | |
| 10 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope | |
| 11 | Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| 12 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 13 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 14 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca | |
| 15 | /Red-crested Pochard/ | Netta rufina | |
| 16 | /Common Pochard/ | Aythya ferina | |
| 17 | /Ferruginous Duck/ | Aythya nyroca | |
| 18 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula | |
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| 19 | Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
| 20 | Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | |
| 21 | Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | |
| 22 | /Common Quail/ | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 23 | Jungle Bush-Quail | Perdicula asiatica | |
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| 24 | /Greater Flamingo/ | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| 25 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 26 | /Great Crested Grebe/ | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| 27 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 28 | Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| 29 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 30 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| 31 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 32 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 33 | Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | |
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| 34 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
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| 35 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 36 | Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii | |
| 37 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 38 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 39 | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | |
| 40 | Gray-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | |
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| 41 | Jungle Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
| 42 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| 43 | Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
| 44 | Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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| 45 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 46 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 47 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 48 | /Water Rail/ | Rallus aquaticus | |
| 49 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 50 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| 51 | Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| 52 | Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| 53 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 54 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| 55 | Brown Crake | Zapornia akool | |
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| 56 | Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone | |
| 57 | /Common Crane/ | Grus grus | |
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| 58 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris | |
| 59 | Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus | |
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| 60 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 61 | /Pied Avocet/ | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 62 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| 63 | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | |
| 64 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| 65 | /White-tailed Lapwing/ | Vanellus leucurus | |
| 66 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| 67 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 68 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
| 69 | Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | |
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| 70 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | |
| 71 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 72 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 73 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 74 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 75 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 76 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 77 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus | |
| 78 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus | |
| 79 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 80 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 81 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | |
| 82 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 83 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| 84 | /Cream-colored Courser/ | Cursorius cursor | |
| 85 | Indian Courser | Cursorius coromandelicus | |
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| 86 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 87 | /Brown-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
| 88 | /Pallas's Gull/ | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| 89 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| 90 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 91 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 92 | River Tern | Sterna aurantia | |
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| 93 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| 94 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
| 95 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| 96 | Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | |
| 97 | Greater Adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | |
| 98 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | |
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| 99 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| 100 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| 101 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 102 | Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
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| 103 | /Great White Pelican/ | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 104 | /Dalmatian Pelican/ | Pelecanus crispus | |
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| 105 | Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| 106 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 107 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 108 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 109 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 110 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 111 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| 112 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 113 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 114 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 115 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 116 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| 117 | /Glossy Ibis/ | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 118 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
| 119 | Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | |
| 120 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| 121 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 122 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 123 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| 124 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 125 | Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus | |
| 126 | /Cinereous Vulture/ | Aegypius monachus | |
| 127 | White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis | |
| 128 | Indian Vulture | Gyps indicus | |
| 129 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 130 | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| 131 | Indian Spotted Eagle | Clanga hastata | |
| 132 | /Greater Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga clanga | |
| 133 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 134 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 135 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 136 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | |
| 137 | Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| 138 | White-eyed Buzzard | Butastur teesa | |
| 139 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 140 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 141 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus | |
| 142 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 143 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| 144 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 145 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 146 | Pallas's Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | |
| 147 | /White-tailed Eagle/ | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| 148 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus | |
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| 149 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 150 | Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
| 151 | Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
| 152 | Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
| 153 | Dusky Eagle-Owl | Ketupa coromanda | |
| 154 | Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | |
| 155 | Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
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| 156 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 157 | Indian Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros birostris | |
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| 158 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 159 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 160 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 161 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 162 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| 163 | (Blue-cheeked Bee-eater) | Merops persicus | |
| 164 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
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| 165 | Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
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| 166 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| 167 | Brown-headed Barbet | Psilopogon zeylanicus | |
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| 168 | /Eurasian Wryneck/ | Jynx torquilla | |
| 169 | Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus | |
| 170 | Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis | |
| 171 | Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | |
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| 172 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 173 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| 174 | Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| 175 | Laggar Falcon | Falco jugger | |
| 176 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 177 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | |
| 178 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| 179 | Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | |
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| 180 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
| 181 | /Long-tailed Minivet/ | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
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| 182 | Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
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| 183 | Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus | |
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| 184 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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| 185 | White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | |
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| 186 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 187 | /Ashy Drongo/ | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 188 | White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | |
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| 189 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 190 | Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | |
| 191 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| 192 | Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
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| 193 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | |
| 194 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 195 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 196 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 197 | Rufous-tailed Lark | Ammomanes phoenicura | |
| 198 | Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus | |
| 199 | Indian Bushlark | Mirafra erythroptera | |
| 200 | /Greater Short-toed Lark/ | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| 201 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
| 202 | Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| 203 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 204 | Rufous-fronted Prinia | Prinia buchanani | |
| 205 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| 206 | Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | |
| 207 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| 208 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| 209 | /Moustached Warbler/ | Acrocephalus melanopogon | |
| 210 | /Paddyfield Warbler/ | Acrocephalus agricola | |
| 211 | /Blyth's Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| 212 | /Clamorous Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| 213 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | |
| 214 | Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | |
| 215 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 216 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 217 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 218 | Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | |
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| 219 | Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| 220 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
| 221 | White-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis | |
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| 222 | /Hume's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus humei | |
| 223 | /Dusky Warbler/ | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
| 224 | /Smoky Warbler/ | Phylloscopus fuligiventer | |
| 225 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| 226 | /Greenish Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
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| 227 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca | |
| 228 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
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| 229 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| 230 | Large Gray Babbler | Argya malcolmi | |
| 231 | Jungle Babbler | Argya striata | |
| 232 | Common Babbler | Argya caudata | |
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| 233 | Indian Nuthatch | Sitta castanea | |
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| 234 | /Rosy Starling/ | Pastor roseus | |
| 235 | Indian Pied Starling | Gracupica contra | |
| 236 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
| 237 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 238 | Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | |
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| 239 | Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | |
| 240 | /Tickell's Thrush/ | Turdus unicolor | |
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| 241 | Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus | |
| 242 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 243 | Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | |
| 244 | Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | |
| 245 | /Bluethroat/ | Luscinia svecica | |
| 246 | /Siberian Rubythroat/ | Calliope calliope | |
| 247 | /Taiga Flycatcher/ | Ficedula albicilla | |
| 248 | /Red-breasted Flycatcher/ | Ficedula parva | |
| 249 | /Black Redstart/ | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 250 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius | |
| 251 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus | |
| 252 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| 253 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 254 | /Desert Wheatear/ | Oenanthe deserti | |
| 255 | Brown Rock Chat | Oenanthe fusca | |
| 256 | /Variable Wheatear/ | Oenanthe picata | |
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| 257 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
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| 258 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
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| 259 | Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | |
| 260 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
| 261 | Black-breasted Weaver | Ploceus benghalensis | |
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| 262 | Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
| 263 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 264 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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| 265 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 266 | Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnornis xanthocollis | |
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| 267 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 268 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 269 | /Citrine Wagtail/ | Motacilla citreola | |
| 270 | White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | |
| 271 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 272 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 273 | /Tawny Pipit/ | Anthus campestris | |
| 274 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 275 | /Olive-backed Pipit/ | Anthus hodgsoni | |
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| 276 | Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
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| 277 | Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 88 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 15 |
| V | Vulnerable | 7 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.